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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Political psychologists often contemplate the significance of their research--theoretical, empirical--for the practice of politics. Too often, seemingly valuable research is ignored, discounted, misperceived, and misapplied by political practitioners. Yet occasionally researchers practice politics as well--not just the politics of everyday life--but the formal politics of local, regional, national, and international entities. In the United States, Woodrow Wilson, Eugene McCarthy, and even Newt Gingrich come immediately to mind. What will be the interaction of research and practice when both are developed and implemented by the same individual? Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University has written the following article concerning another researcher-practitioner--Fernando …

No Mas, No Mas; Ear Biting; And Iconoclasm: The Political Psychology Of Boxing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

With boxing as but an example, this article describes the political psychological substrates of competitive athletics' popularity throughout history.

Moldovia: The Transformation Of Post-Soviet Society: Philosophical And Political Considerations, Vasile Nedelciuc, Scott J. Hammond, Stephen R. Bowers

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Aerospace And Foreign Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses developing and implementing foreign policy towards the Peoples Republic of China regarding the market for aircraft and aerospace technology.

The Classifieds: Secret Intelligence Activities In A Representative Democracy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits that most classified intelligence activities of representative democracies may be more harmful than helpful to their security.

Trends. Psychotherapy And Foreign Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author reviews Russia's involvement in the G-8.

The Future Information Infrastructure In Economics, William L. Goffe, Robert P. Parks

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Contributors: Vol 20 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 20 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue 2

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 20, No 2 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

The Implications Of Deweyan Pragmatism For Liberal Democracies, Robert B. Fenneuff

Masters Theses

My research explores John Dewey's political theory in order to determine what practical and theoretical significance it has for liberal democratic nation-states that face significant problems in a number of areas. The problems Dewey's political theory is most concerned with stem from the impact of highly complex modern technology upon the ability of a democratic society to strive closer towards its ideals of freedom , equality, and community. My research shows that Dewey's theory calls for an experimental re-creation of social and political institutions with the purpose of creating an effective means by which society can organize the complex technology …

Twenty First Century Terrorism: The New Face Of The Hydra (Part Iii), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the third and final installment of an article by Mr. James A. Kinnison. Mr. Kinnison is a political science graduate student from the University of New Mexico and specializes in international relations and national security. This installment provides opinions on terrorism challenges for intelligence and law enforcement. (Correction from last week. The second installment’s note (xx) was left off the text. It is Vandenko, I. (November 16, 1995.) Kuda edut radioaktivnye konteynery iz Chechnya? Izvestiya, p. 2.

The New Information And Communication Order: Deja Vu All Over Again?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article endorses qualified support for a world seminar on international information activities proposed by a number of Third World countries. It also does not support a political psychology that equates a somewhat similar proposal made in 1976 with the present one.

Paradox: A Vital Issue Of Security Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies several contradictory assumptions about human behavior which underlie policymakers attempts to make peace or keep it.

Twenty First Century Terrorism: The New Face Of The Hydra (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The second installment of this article by Mr. James A. Kinnison, political science graduate student from the University of New Mexico, who specializes in international relations and national security provides opinions on chemical, biological, and nuclear terrorism. A version of this article was presented at the international academic conference on Science, Technology, and the 21st Century: New Eden or Armageddon? at Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma on March 21, 1997.

Intelligence On Intelligence: Comments On Khamisiyah, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes some of the problems intrinsic to intelligence analysis. The description derives from a close reading of the unclassified document “Khamisiyah: A Historical Perspective on Related Intelligence” (9 April 1997) which was prepared by a United States (US) Intelligence Community (IC) Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force authorized by the Acting Director of Central Intelligence, George J.Tenet, and directed by his Special Assistant for Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Robert Walpole.

Naccs 24th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Chicana y Chicano Scholarship: Un Compromiso Con Nuestras Comunidades
April 16-19, 1997
Radisson Hotel

Controlling Control In The Cult: Big Brother, Little Brothers, And "Turning In", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A previous article (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 9, "The Psychology of Controlling Control") described the psychological challenges that must be surmounted by political leaders desiring to control others. The present article describes psychological phenomena w

Aboriginal Autonomy: The Future Of Indigenous Development In Western Australia, Matthew B. Eugster

Masters Theses

The prospects for development within the Aboriginal society of Western Australia were the focus of this study. The Primary intent of the study was to examine the causes behind an apparent lack of development within Aboriginal society. Next, the study examined possible remedies for the situation.

The study determined that the lack of development in Aboriginal society can be attributed primarily to social dysfunction ( or social dislocation). Furthermore, social dislocation could be attributed to cultural deprivation or the inability to practice one's culture. It was proposed and established that cultural and political autonomy would provide an environment more suitable …

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 38 No. 3, Steven Vincent, Richard Teleky, Maureen Ryan, Leona M. Dillard, Stacie Lynn Hankinson, Susan M. Matarese, Paul G. Salmon, Laura Bernstein, Laurie Blauner, Susan Clarke, Lenny Dellarocca, Kate Funkhouser, Nickie J. Gunstrom, Therése Halscheid, John D. Hamilton, Thomas Heise, Matthew S. Lapierre, James S. Proffitt, Aurora Reynoso, Mark Rubin, Mark Schimmoeller, Sara Sproles, James M. Boehnlein, Charles Cagle, Walter Shear, Donald Wayne Viney, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

STEVEN VINCENT describes his attempt to come to terms with what he has seen in the killing fields of Cambodia, monuments to the Khmer Rouge's systematic destruction of Cambodians who had known or imagined life other than the rural peasant ideal their bloody torturers and murderers envisioned, even if this means not coming to terms with it at all but to accept its unacceptability, not to rationalize the irrational. Currently the senior writer for Art & Auction magazine where he writes about the international art world, and specifically the art market, he also contributes regularly to the Antique Collector, an …

A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis Of The Approval Process For A Complex Public Works Proposal, James C. Pyne

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

This research applied sociotechnical systems theory to explore the process used by two elected bodies to decide upon adoption of a complex technical engineering proposal. The research used a modified sociotechnical systems conceptual framework that was developed by Pava (1983) for application to non-traditional work settings. Pava applied the conceptual framework to what he termed non-routine office work which is characterized by non-linear conversion flow, multiple, concurrent conversion processes and vocational separatism (Pava, 1983).

The research was designed as a multiple case study of two town councils each undertaking a decision process to approve or reject a public works proposal …

Suicide Bombing In Tel Aviv: Some Psychological Issues, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Several recurring Issues in the political psychology analysis of terrorism are illustrated in another Mideast tragedy.

Political Psychology And Political Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the basic components of political policy which can be influenced through political psychology. It also suggests some political limitations of this influence.

Psychopolitical Effects Of Globalization On Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses three common techniques to obtain power in the sphere of international affairs.

Some Truth About Truth Commissions, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the veracity of Truth Commissions.

The Psychology Of The Borderline And Immigration Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses psychological disorders that can stem from immigration policies.

The Psychology Of Controlling Control, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the concept and techniques of control (power) in the political world.

Paranoia And Political Leadership, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ins and outs of paranoia in political leadership.

Terrorism And Legal Competence: A Reader's Opinion, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A reader, a police officer from a Pacific Basin Country, wishing to remain anonymous, reacts to IBPP article "Terrorism and Legal Competence" (V. 1, No. 1, November 8, 1996), discussing that article's treatment of terrorism and versions of legal competency. Religious as well as intolerance are likewise discussed.

The Social Cognition Of Intelligence Analysis, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses the analysis of political intelligence through the philosophical lenses of Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, and R. J. Heuer as well as through consideration of research in the contemporary field of social cognition, or the structure, process, and content of how people think about other people.

The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Iii, Todd Levanthal

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the final part of a three-part series by Mr. Todd Leventhal, who from January 1987 to May 1996 was Program Officer for Countering Disinformation at the United States Information Agency (USIA.) The first two parts have contained examples of perception management operations, often against USG interests. The series has reflected his personal opinion, not those of USIA or the US Government (USG.) It has been presented with only the most minor editing.